ASTRONOMERS will look to the skies on Good Friday (April 19), hoping to catch a glimpse of the annual Pink Moon - the full moon for April. Despite its name, there is no actual colour change to the appearance of the lunar surface - it is a Northern
US member of congress Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will NOT be attending this year's Glastonbury Festival, your County Gazette can reveal. The Democrat - widely known by her initials AOC - has been a mainstay of news headlines in the States since being
THE Castle School is delighted with the news that its Year 11 netball team have won the county championships at Millfield School, earlier this month. This means that they have been county champions for five years consecutively, and have actually
WELLINGTON AFC and Bishops Lydeard go into tomorrow's Good Friday derby matches buoyed by good home wins last time out. Wellington are 14th in the Toolstation Western League Premier Division table after a 4-2 victory over Bridport, and tomorrow
SOMERSET have named a 15-strong squad for tomorrow's Royal London One-Day Cup opener with Kent. Wicketkeeper-batsman Tom Banton and veteran all-rounder Peter Trego are both included in the line-up named by head coach Jason Kerr, as is Dom Bess
CICCIC’s third season at Poundisford Lodge begins with a children’s Alice in Wonderland themed Easter Treasure Hunt for families and of course - Cream Tea on the lawn. Local artists have worked to create an immersive treasure trail with lifesize
A MEGABUS driver has been slammed for making a joke about INCEST when he dropped people off in Bristol. The driver told stunned passengers they can 'buy a banjo, rent a combine harvester ... or even marry [their] cousin' while in the city.
A SOMERSET man was one of a trio of environmental activists accused of obstructing the railway by gluing themselves to a London train as part of the Extinction Rebellion protests. Mark Ovland, 35, of Somerton, appeared before magistrates on Thursday
HERE'S your opportunity to win a sausage a day for a whole year - and your chance to make your own creation. All you have to do is come up with your dream sausage flavour. Your suggestion could be going head to head in a saucy social media
THERE are plenty of fun Easter activities in West Somerset this weekend. Watchet-based charity Elliot's Touch is organising an Easter Egg Hunt in Watchet on Easter Sunday (April 21). The Bell Inn is the starting point for the race, which begins
TAUNTON Deane Bowling Club held its annual Indoor Winter Competition finals at Blackbrook over the weekend. The 14 finals were a culmination of more than 200 matches beginning back in October, 2018. The event was well supported and the large
A ROYAL Marine from Taunton who was the first member of our armed forces to be convicted of murder on the battlefield has opened up about the events that led to him killing an injured Taliban insurgent in 2011. Sgt Al Blackman - known as Marine
TAUNTON Town's Somerset Premier Cup final with Weston-super-Mare, originally scheduled for May 7, will now be played during pre-season for the 2019/20 campaign. The Peacocks are likely to be involved in the Evo-Stik Southern League play-offs, which
A PLANNING application has been submitted for a new primary school in Wellington. The new Isambard Kingdom Brunel Primary School is set to be built on the Longforth Farm development. The school will be run by the Castle Partnership Trust, which
MORE acts have been confirmed for the Glastonbury Festival. While many focus on the big names on the Pyramid Stage, where Stormzy, The Cure and The Killers will top the bill, further afield hundreds of top acts take to any of the 100-plus stages
AUCTIONEERS Greenslade Taylor Hunt are celebrating another successful sporting sale at The Octagon Salerooms, East Reach, Taunton. The stand-alone biannual event is eagerly anticipated and is put together by experienced valuer Stuart Triggol.
A STORE in the centre of Taunton that has been closed for almost a year looks set to open as a charity shop. Cats Protection is planning to open up in the former Saltrock premises in Fore Street. The building has been empty since the shop closed
THE five finalists in the County Gazette Battle of the Bands Competition can today be officially revealed. The Somerset quintet have been selected from dozens of entries to our competition and now go through to our final. They are all now set to
A HEARTBROKEN Somerset couple are calling for a change in the law so that unborn children are better recognised by the Road Traffic Act. Jackie and Tom Luxon had their lives completely turned upside down after a serious crash left Jackie and her
Cyber Security A government report last year found that 43% of businesses and 19% of charities had suffered a cyber-attack in the previous twelve months. These alarming statistics should cause every business and charity to review their cyber-security
